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FLIGHT, OCTOBER 12, 1933 THE LINDBERGHS IN ENGLAND : Col. and Mrs. Lind bergh flew from Norway to England on October 4. They are here seen after their arrival at Woolston, Southampton, about to go ashore—with the assistance of Maj. Brackley. French Long-Distance Attempt THE two French pilots, Lt. Assolant and Lt. Lefevre, who were attempting to beat the long-distance record, by a flight from Oran, Algeria, eastwards, landed at Karachi on Thursday, October 5, after having flown 4,125 miles in 36 hr. They ran sh*t of petrol. The Lindberghs COL. AND MRS. LINDBERGH arrived at Southampton on Wednesday, October 4, by air from Norway. Later they were reported to have gone to Cardiff. Aero Engine Falls Out A PECULIAR accident happened at Baghdad on Friday, October 6. While a French ihree- engined Fokker was taking off the starboard engine suddenly fell away from the machine and dropped a distance of about 30 ft. The pilot was happily able to land the machine with the help of the other two engines, and no one was injured, though the under carriage of the machine was smashed. The accident was apparently due to one of the propeller blades breaking, and the resultant vibration shook the engine off its seating. Within 6 hr. of the accident a relief machine had arrived from Damascus and the passengers and baggage were once again in the air on their way to Europe. Fit. Lt. Ulm's Flight FLT. LT. ULM has decided to abandon his attempt at flying round the world, and will return to Australia as soon as possible. A Dirty Trick A THEFT of the most amazing nature has just been brought to our notice. Mr. H. White, flying the Vacuum Oil Co.'s " Dragon," pft Hanworth Park for the Far Last, on Tuesday morning, October 3. On Monday afternoon his mechanic rang up and asked him whether he had been down to the machine, as the door lock had been damaged and the maps were not in the cabin. Mr. White had not taken them and, incredible though it may seem, someone had broken into the machine and taken nothing else except these strip maps for the route to Penang. What good they would be one cannot guess. These maps had been prepared by the Aviation department of the Automobile Association, and knowing how efficient that department was, Mr. White asked them what he could do. They couldn't believe that anyone had really taken the maps, but said that they would let him have another set within an hour. People who heard this thought it too good a chance to miss, for though they all agreed that few organisations of this nature approach the efficiency of the A.A., yet the production of complete strip maps to Penang at an hour's notice was too much to be swallowed. So they laughingly suggested that Mr. White would be glad to have his original set returned so quickly, saying that even actresses are said to have had their jewels stolen for publicity. In point of fact, Mr. McClure, who is in charge of the department, tells us that he had another complete set ready for the route to Australia, and these did not require much cutting to be ready. So he was able to supply them, and Mr. White left to schedule. Autogiro Progress THE single-seater " Autogiro," which has been built by G. & J. Weir, Ltd., at Glasgow, has been flown a lot at Heston recently by Sefior de la Cierva himself. This little machine is at present purely experimental. It has a plywood monocoque fuselage, and the two-bladed rotor is carried on a cantilever single-tube pylon. The control is direct, as in the C.30 model, of which one is now nearing completion in the workshops of Airwork, Ltd., at Heston Airport. The rotor obtains its initial revolutions by a friction drive from the twin-cylinder Douglas " Dryad " engine, in the nose. Senor Cierva is understood to be developing a method of varying the incidence of his rotor blades, which, if successful, should result in an " Autogiro " which will rise vertically. Aeroplane for M. Daladier A THREE-ENGINED machine, capable of a speed of 125 m.p.h., has been presented to M. Daladier, the French Prime Minister, by M. Pierre Cot, the Minister for Air. M. Pierre Cot also inaugurated the Compagnie Air-France at Le Bourget on Saturday, October 7. Secretary of State at Staff College THE K.A.F. Staff College, Andover, was inspected by Lord Londonderry, Secretary of State, on Tuesday, Octo ber 3. Lord Londonderry flew to Andover from Hendon and was received by Air Vice-Marshal P. B. Joubert de la Ferte. PRINCE NICHOLAS IN ITALY : During his recent stay in Italy, Prince Nicholas of Roumania visited several aircraft factories. He is shown here in the front cockpit of a Breda 39 after flying this machine, accompanied by Ing. A. Colombo (rear cockpit). Standing on the left is Count Sagramoso, Managing Director of the Breda Company. 1033
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